Year 9 Persuasive Writing Persuasive Writing 3 mins

Year 9 Persuasive Writing.

*Persuasive Writing (3 mins) • • • Persuasive writing uses www. youtube. com/watch? v=ja. GJNx. Cx. B-s Logical Emotional and Moral appeals. • Complete Vocab Sheet

Persuade • To get someone to do something or think something by giving good reasons for doing it • Example • He did finally come with us, although it too k a long time to persuade him. • What persuaded you to accept the job?

Convince • To make someone believe something is true or to get them to do something • Examples • He failed to convince the jury of his innocence • They tried to convince him to buy a cheaper car.

Argue • To give reasons why you believe something is true • Examples • She argued that it was not a good idea to go out in the storm • Ross opposed buying the new car, arguing that it wasn’t worth the money

Influence • To affect the way someone thinks or behaves • Examples • What factors influenced your decision to take the job? • His films are greatly influenced by his views on war.

Induce • To cause something to change or persuade someone to do something • Examples • I can’t think what induced them to drop Larry from the team. • Nothing would induce me to go back there!

*Four Examples • • Advertisements Speeches Editorials Legal Defence

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Persuasive speeches

• http: //youtu. be/TP 8 RB 7 UZHKI • Cup cake Kid

*Angelina indifference/orphans (4 mins) • http: //www. teachertube. com/video/angelina-joliepersuasive-speech-218620

Editorials

Legal Defence

*Structure p. 3 • Introduction- Statement of opinion, preview the arguments. • Body- arguments with evidence • Conclusion- restate the arguments and your opinion

*Features • Strong Modal words- will, should, might, maybe, must, always rarely • Rhetorical questions • Repetition • Well chosen words p. 20 • Emotive words p. 4

*Emotive Language • The boy from the house in James Street went to work at 9 am.

Positive • The responsible, young lad from the well kept pleasant home in James Street went promptly to work at 9 am.

Negative • The roguish lout from the unkempt hovel in James street went unwillingly to his menial job barely getting there by 9 am.

More Features • Evidence p. 23 -25 • Fishing (3 mins) • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 Yov 6 a. Cqt 8 w&index=1&list=PL 98 FEA 61 D 03 EA DA 75 • Exaggeration • Bias p. 21 -22

Smoking Ban • Sales slump on smoking ban (Times. Online) • Pub Sales Growth Slowed After Smoking Ban (Bloomberg) • Predicting gains from smoking ban (The Scotsman) • In fact Pub sales hadn’t been hurt and were up 1. 1%

Ferguson Shooting Michael Brown shot August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri Brown- 18 -year-old black man unarmed Brown robbed a nearby convenience store, stole several cigarillos, and shoved the store clerk

• Incident attended by Darren Wilson, 28, a white Ferguson police officer. • Wilson blocked them with car • An altercation ensued • Brown and Wilson struggling through the window of the police vehicle until Wilson's gun was fired. • Brown fled, with Wilson in pursuit of Brown

• Brown stopped and turned to face the officer. • Wilson fired 12 bullets all striking him in the front. • Led to protests and civil unrest

Paired Activity • Use large A 3 paper to think of arguments for and against banning violent video games

Violent Film and Games p. 45

Definition • A video game in which the range of options available to a player includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being.

Definition • Enables the player to virtually inflict serious injury upon images of human beings or characters with substantially human characteristics in a manner which is especially heinous, cruel, or depraved in that it involves torture or serious physical abuse to the victim.

The Experts say… • The vast majority of violent media experts concur that violent video games can cause serious harm to children. North Western University 2011 Deana Pollard Sacks[*], Brad J. Bushman[**], and Craig A. Anderson[***]

American Psychological Association (APA, 2005) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, 2009) • “…clearly shows that such games are causally related to later aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. . causes an increase in the likelihood of aggressive behavior. . increase aggressive thinking, aggressive feelings, physiological desensitization to violence, and to decrease pro-social behavior. "

• Violent Video games increase violence towards women because such games "reward, glamorize and depict as humorous sexualized aggression against women. "